Photograph-holder



(No Model.)

V. J. AUGIR. PHOTOGRAPH HOLDER.

No 476,357. Patented June 7,1892.

UNTTED STATES PATENT Gimme.

VIOLA JULIETTE AUGIR, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

PHOTOGRAPH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,357, dated June '7,1892.

Application filed March 10, 1892: Serial No. 424,402. (No specimens.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, VIOLA J ULIETTE AUGIR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Phot0graph-H0lder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in photograph-holders; and theobjects in view are to provide a cheap and simple construction ofphotograph-holderadapted to be folded for the preservation ofphotographs, to be readily unfolded for the purpose of exhibiting thesame, and to be stood upon a mantel, table, or other convenient. supportand exhibit to view from each side thereof its contents; furthermore, toprovide a means for increasing or decreasing the capacity of the holderin accordance with the number of pictures desired to exhibit.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure] is a perspective of aphotograph-holder constructed 1n accordance with my invention, the samebeing open in the position it occupies when standing upon a table,mantel, or other support. Fig. 2 is a view of the holder closed. Fig. 3is a section through one of the frames. Fig. at is a detail inperspective of a portion of one of the frames.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In constructing my holder I may employ any number of thehereinafter-described frames and may add or detract from thealreadyconstructed holder any number of frames whereby the capacity ofthe holder as a whole may be increased or decreased, or, in other words,made to accord with the number of photographs which it is desired toexhibit. \Vith this premise I will proceed to describe the constructionof a single frame or section of the holder, and will only add that theremaining sections are but duplicates, and hence will require nospecific description.

Each frame or section is constructed, mainly, of wire, and consists ofan inner oval, rectangular,or other shaped frame 1, around which 15formed a surrounding filigree frame 2. In

constructing the frame 1 a suitable length of wire is bent into suitableshape or form and its ends secured. The filigree or outer frame 2 isthen applied, and the same consists of a suitable length of wire coiledor convoluted at intervals, forming eyes 3, and between its eyes securedto the inner frame orwire, in this instance by a small binding-wire 4,passed around the two frames; but other means of fastening the twoframes together will suggest themselves to the makea To each of the fourcorners of the section thus formed elastic bands or loops 5 are applied,the same being passed through or between convenient eyes of the outerframe, as shown, and preferably provided with small bow-knots 6 ofribbon, which give atasteful appearance. Such completes the constructionof a section of the photograph-holder, and anydesired numher, as beforestated, may be employed to constitute a completed holder. The sectionsare connected so as to fold one upon the other through the medium ofcords or strings 7, passed through the adjacent eyes of two adjacentsections, which thus constitute a hinge for the sections, as will beobvious. The end sections are preferably provided at their exteriorsides, or those sides which will be outermost when the holder is folded,With plush or other covered pads 8, so as to lend a handsome appearanceto the holder when folded or closed.

9 designates photographs, each section, ex cept the end sections of theholder, accommodating two thereof. These photographs are applied totheir respective sections by slipping their corners under the elasticloops, and when in position they are arranged back to back and theirfronts or faces exposed to view. The end sections of the holder, havingthe pads applied to one side, of course accommodate but one photographeach. By opening or distending the holder and arranging the sections ina zigzag manner it may he stood upon a table, mantel, or other supportand the photographs at each side exhibited to view. If desired and inorder to preserve the pictures from exposure resulting in fading,soiling, &c., the sections may be folded alternately upon each other inopposite directions, as shown in Fig. 2. By disconnecting thehinge-strings one or more sections may be removed, and thus the capacityof the holder reduced to accommodate itself to the number ofphotographs, and thus blank spaces avoided. It will be obvious, also,that from time to time, as the collection increases, additional framesor sections may be added, and it is my intention to manufacture suchframes or sections separately from the compl(-te(l holder, so thatpersons may increase tln ir collection and accommodate the holder to thesame. The wire stock employed in manufacturing the frames or sectionsmay be nickel, silver, or of other metal, and by combining metals ofdifferent colors good efiects are secured. If desired, a blankautograph-card (see Fig. 3) maybe located between the backs of each pairof adjacent photographs.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. As an article ofmanufacture, the hereindescribed section for photograph-holders, thesame consisting of a rectangular wire frame provided at each side andnear each of its corners with eyes and elastic loops located at each ofthe corners and connected with the eyes, substantially as specified.

2. Theherein-described photograph-holder, the same consisting of theseries of sections surrounded by filigree frames forming a continuousseries of eyes, cords for removably connecting pairs of adjacent eyes ofadjacent sections, whereby the sections are adapted to fold upon eachother, and elastic loops applied to the corners of each section andengaging the eyes thereof, substantially as specified.

3. The photograph-holder consisting of the series of sections, eachconsisting of a plain wire frame bent to desired shape and an externalwire binding forming a filigree provided at intervals with eyes,looseconnections between the eyes of adjacent sections, elastic loops at thecorners of the sections between the eyes, and pads applied to the outersides of the two end sections, substantially as specified.

4. The photograph-holder comprising a series of wire frames looselyconnected together at alternately-opposite edges, photograpl1-retainingdevices mounted on each frame, and an autograph-card located in eachframe and held by said devices, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VIOLA JULIETTE AUGIR.

\Vitnesses:

WM. H. MORSE, V. P. STRUDER.

